Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac statue

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Description

View of the statue of Cadillac carved by Julius T. Melchers after a model by John M. Donaldson in a stone niche at the Detroit City Hall. The statue was removed in 1955 when the building came down and ended up at Wayne State University in 1974. Recorded in lantern slide ledger: "D/Monuments-Cadillac monument."

Details

Resource ID:: EB02c441
Subject:: Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de Lamothe, 1658-1730--Statues; Melchers, Julius Theodore, 1829-1908; Public sculpture--Michigan--Detroit; Lantern slides
Date:: unknown
Format:: 1 transparency : glass ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Negative Number:: BHC lantern slide no. 271
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.